.:~^†£###@ @###£†^~:.
.:~^†£#@## ##@#£†^~:.
.:~^†£##@@ @@##£†^~:.
.:~^†££##@ @##££†^~:.
......:^£@ @£^:......
....~†††£# . . . #£†††~....
.:~^†£#@## . . . . . . ##@#£†^~:.
.:~^†£#@## : : : : : : : : ##@#£†^~:.
.:~^†£#@## ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##@#£†^~:.
......:^£@ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ @£^:......
.:~^†£#@## ##@#£†^~:.
.:~^†£#@## JUST OFF THE COAST TO THE BALTIC SEA ##@#£†^~:.
.:~^†£@### THERE'S A FRESHWATER POND, SECLUDED ###@£†^~:.
....:^†††# AMONG ASHEN AND JUNIPER. A CLEFT IN THE #†††^:....
.:~^†£#@## LIMESTONE BEDROCK, SHARP-CUT FROM THE ##@#£†^~:.
......~~†# SURROUNDING PLAINS, A NINETY DEGREE #†~~......
.:~^†££££# DROP DOWN, DOWN, TO THE MIDNIGHT-BLACK #££££†^~:.
...:~^£### WATER. ###£^~:...
.:~^^†££## ##££†^^~:.
...:::^£#@ ~~~~††††††††~~~~ @#£^:::...
.:~^†£#@## ~~†† ††~~ ##@#£†^~:.
.....~~††# ~~~~~†† FAIRIES LIVE HERE. ††~~~~~ #††~~.....
....:~~†## ~~†† ††~~ ##†~~:....
....~~^^£# ~~~~††††††††~~~~ #£^^~~....
.:~^†£#@## ##@#£†^~:.
.:~^†£#@## THEY SPEAK TO THE SLOANE, CARESS IT, ##@#£†^~:.
.:~^†£#@## URGE IT TO GROW THICKER, TANGLED, WITH ##@#£†^~:.
.....~~††# LONGER AND SHARPER THORNS. THEY TELL IT #††~~.....
.:~^†£#@## TO STAY JUST BELOW THE GRASS, SO THAT ##@#£†^~:.
.....:^^£# THE ANIMALS WHAT COME TO DRINK THE #£^^:.....
.:~^†£#@## WATER CANNOT SEE IT BEFORE IT DRAWS ##@#£†^~:.
.:~^†£#### THEIR BLOOD. CLOSER TO THE POND, THE ####£†^~:.
.:~^†£#@## SLOANE CAN GROW TALLER, BEING ABLE TO ##@#£†^~:.
.:~^†£#@## HIDE ALSO IN THE JUNIPER. ##@#£†^~:.
...~~†££@@ @@££†~~...
.:~^†£#@## THE FAIRIES WILL BECKON THE ANIMALS TO ##@#£†^~:.
.:~^†£#@## PUSH FORWARD, TELL THEM THAT THEY'RE ##@#£†^~:.
.:~^†£#@## ALMOST AT THE WATER, THAT THEY MAY ##@#£†^~:.
.....:^££@ DRINK SOON. AND THEY WILL TUG ON THE @££^:.....
.:~^†£#@## SLOANE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE THORNS CUT ##@#£†^~:.
.:~^†£#@## DEEP. WHEN THEY FINALLY FIND THE PATH ##@#£†^~:.
..:::~~†## DOWN BETWEEN THE ROCKS, AWAY FROM THE ##†~~:::..
.:~^†£#@## BUSHWORK AND INTO THE CLEFT, THEY ARE ##@#£†^~:.
.:~^†£#@## BLEEDING FROM A THOUSAND WOUNDS. AS ##@#£†^~:.
.:~^†£#@## THEY DRINK FROM THE DARK WATER, IT IS ##@#£†^~:.
.:~^†£#@@@ IN TURN DRINKING THE ANIMALS BLOOD. @@@#£†^~:.
...:~~~^£@ @£^~~~:...
.:~^†£#### THE CIRCLE IS COMPLETE, THE CONTRACT ####£†^~:.
......~^†# CARRIED OUT; THE ANIMAL IS ABANDONED TO #†^~......
.....::^£@ FIND ITS OWN WAY BACK. THE BUSHES ROOTS @£^::.....
.:~^†£#@## DRINK THE NUTRUTIOUS WATER. THE FAIRIES ##@#£†^~:.
.:~^†£#@## DANCE IN THE SUNBEAMS. ##@#£†^~:.
.:~^†††££# #££†††^~:.
..::^^†£## ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ##£†^^::..
.:~^†#@### ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ###@#†^~:.
.:~^†£#@## : : : : : : : : ##@#£†^~:.
....~^††£@ . . . . . . @£††^~....
.:~^††£#@@ . . . @@#£††^~:.
.:~^†††£## ##£†††^~:.
.:~^†£#@## ##@#£†^~:.
.:~^†£#@## ##@#£†^~:.
.:~^†£#@## ##@#£†^~:.
.:~^†£££#@ @#£££†^~:.